“I Know Tinubu’s Weaknesses — I’ll Crush Him in 2027 if ADC Gives Me Ticket” — Amaechi Roars

Former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has thrown down the gauntlet to President Bola Tinubu, vowing to defeat him in the 2027 presidential election — but only if he clinches the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ticket.

In a fiery session on X Spaces Saturday, Amaechi declared that he knows Tinubu “inside out” — both his strengths and his weaknesses — and would “surely crush him” at the polls.

“I’ve never faced Tinubu in an election. I know him very well. I know his strengths. I know his weaknesses. And if given the ADC flag, I will defeat him for sure,” he boasted.

The former Rivers State governor insisted he has never engaged in election rigging, boldly daring any politician, living or dead, to prove otherwise.

Amaechi claimed he repeatedly turned down offers to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) election planning committees because he “knows what they discuss” behind closed doors.

He further alleged that election malpractice often involves state governors and the diversion of public funds from government agencies — a system he says he will expose if he secures the ADC nomination.

“I will never participate in any rigging whatsoever. My mission is to stop it,” he vowed.

In a stunning admission, Amaechi acknowledged that Labour Party candidate Peter Obi actually won in Rivers State during the 2023 presidential election, but said, “unfortunately, the result that came out was different. How it happened, I have no idea.”

With his bombshell revelations and open challenge to Tinubu, Amaechi has set the political stage for what could be one of the most explosive presidential races in Nigeria’s history.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a blistering attack on former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, claiming he is now trapped in the fate he once warned others about.

In a fiery post on its official X handle Friday, the APC branded El-Rufai as “a stellar example of pointing one accusing finger with four pointing back”, accusing him of masking “the harrowing hollowness” within through his loud public criticisms.

El-Rufai, once a key architect of the APC, dramatically dumped the party in March for the Social Democratic Party (SDP). But his political gamble quickly backfired — by July, he was not only expelled from the SDP but slapped with a jaw-dropping 30-year ban from the party.

With his political career on the ropes, the APC’s latest jab suggests the former governor is now tasting the bitter medicine he once prescribed for others.

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) remains confident about President Bola Tinubu’s re-election prospects in 2027, insisting that opposition parties lack the capacity to unseat him.

Speaking on Friday during a courtesy visit to APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, Sule praised Yilwatda’s emergence, describing him as “another Renewed Hope Agenda chairman” whose leadership would address the North Central’s long-standing demand for the return of the party chairmanship to the zone.

Sule maintained that President Tinubu’s achievements would make his re-election “an easy ride,” stressing that the APC is more focused on strengthening its structures and delivering on promises than monitoring rival parties.

“We have never been worried about the opposition. We are concerned about our strength and what we need to do for Nigerians,” he said. “Personally, I don’t pay attention to what other parties are doing.”

He dismissed the newly formed coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as weak, describing it as a splinter group from opposition parties.

On developments in Nasarawa, Sule said insecurity had reduced significantly in recent years, enabling farmers to return to their fields and boosting food security.

The governor highlighted the state’s agricultural investments in line with the president’s Renewed Hope Agenda, noting that Nasarawa had cultivated and harvested 2,000 hectares of rice in 2024 and expanded by another 1,300 hectares this year. He said the Minister of Agriculture recently visited the state and commended the initiative.